Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America

Artist, writer and naturalist David Sibley is the author and illustrator of a series of successful guides to nature, including the best-selling The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has travelled extensively throughout North America and abroad as a birding tour leader and lecturer. Sibley has contributed art and articles to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, and North American Birds, and wrote and illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association, and the Linnaean Society of New York’s Eisenmann Medal. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bird Topography
Swans and Geese
Ducks
Upland Game Birds
Loons and Grebes
Storm-Petrels
Cormorants
Wading Birds
Hawks and Vultures
Gruiformes
Shorebirds
Gulls
Terns and Skimmers
Jaegers and Skua
Alcids
Pigeons and Doves
Cuckoos and their Allies
Owls
Goatsuckers
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers and Trogons
Woodpeckers
Falcons
Parrots
Tyrant Flycatchers and Becard
Shrikes and Vireos
Jays, Crows and their Allies
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees, Nuthatches and their Allies
Wrens
Gnatcatchers, Kinglets and Others
Thrushes
Mimids
Wagtails, Pipits, Waxwings, Silky-Flycatchers, Starlings, Longspurs, and Olive Warbler
Wood-Warblers
Emberizine Sparrows and their Allies
Tanagers, Cardinals and their Allies
Icterids
Finches and Old World Sparrows
Checklist
Index